OILERS HOST BLUES IN FINAL GAME OF HOMESTAND- The Edmonton Oilers (19-18-3) host the St. Louis Blues (16-21-3) tonight at Rexall Place in the fifth and final game of a five-game homestand.- The Oilers are 2-2-0 on the homestand following a 4-1 win vs Dallas (Jan. 3), a 3-2 win vs NY Islanders (Jan. 5), a 4-2 loss vs Vancouver (Jan. 7) and a 4-1 loss vs San Jose (Jan. 9).- Edmonton is 4-3-0 in its last seven home games (Dec. 22-Jan. 9).- Following tonight's game with St. Louis, the Oilers will return to the road for three games at Washington (Jan. 13), Minnesota (Jan. 15) and Colorado (Jan. 16).- Edmonton will return home following the road trip to host Phoenix (Jan. 18) and Columbus (Jan. 20) in a two-game homestand prior to the NHL All-Star break.- Edmonton enters tonight's game with a two-game losing streak (0-2-0; Jan. 7-9). The two-game losing streak at Rexall Place is the longest of thes eason for the Oilers at home, matching a previous streak that saw them compile a 0-2-0 mark from Nov. 20-26.- The 4-2 loss vs Vancouver (Jan. 7) ended the Oilers two-game winning streak (2-0-0; Jan. 3-5). The streak was tied for the longest of the season at Rexall Place. It was the third time this season that the Oilers won two consecutive games on home ice (2-0-0, Oct. 12-18, Dec. 22-28 and Jan. 3-5).- Tonight's game is the seventh home games in an eight-game stretch for the Oilers between Dec. 28th and Jan. 11th. The Oilers are 3-3-0 after the first six games (Dec. 28-Jan. 9) of the seven home games.- The Oilers had a three-game winning streak ended with a 3-2 loss vs Ottawa (Dec. 30).- Edmonton was 3-0-0 from Dec. 22-26 as the Oilers put together wins vs Phoenix (W. 4-2, Dec. 22), at Vancouver (W. 3-2, Dec. 26) and vs Nashville (5-2, Dec. 28).- The three-game winning streak fell one game shy of the team's season-high. Edmonton opened the season with a four-game winning streak, going 4-0-0 from Oct. 12-18.- The Oilers are 9-7-1 in their last 17 games (Dec. 3-Jan. 9) and 10-8-1 in their last 19 games (Nov. 29-Jan. 9).

A CASE FOR THE DEFENCE- Four of the Oilers top eight scorers are defencemen. Sheldon Souray leads the way with 12-17-29 in 39 games to rank him 2nd on the Oilers scoring list and he leads the team with his 12 goals and 7 PPG. Souray is 6th in scoring among NHL defencemen, while he is tied for 2nd in goals and 2nd in PPG.- Souray, who was named to the Western Conference All-Star Team on Jan. 7th, is joined by Lubomir Visnovksy (4th on Oilers & 16th in the NHL) with 6-19-25, Tom Gilbert (2-16-18) and Denis Grebeshkov (3-14-17).- Souray had a career-high three-game goal scoring streak ended in the Oilers 3-2 loss vs Ottawa (Dec. 30). He scored 3-0-3 from Dec. 22-28. He has scored the GWG in three of the Oilers last five wins (Dec. 22-Jan. 5), netting back-to-back game winners vs Phoenix (Dec. 22) and at Vancouver (Dec. 26) and also vs Dallas (Jan. 3).- Visnovsky leads the Oilers with nine multiple point games, registering his ninth with two assist vs Nashville (Dec. 28). He registered three consecutive multiple point games from Dec. 22-28.- Visnovsky had a four game scoring streak (0-7-7; Dec. 19-28) ended in a 3-2 loss vs Ottawa (Dec. 30), but returned to the scoresheet with a goal at Calgary (Dec. 31) and an assist vs Dallas (Jan. 3). He has scored points (1-9-10) in seven of Edmonton's last 10 games (Dec. 19-Jan. 9).- Visnovsky's first assist vs Nashivlle (Dec. 28) was his 300th career NHL point.- Grebeshkov was involved in all four of the Oilers goals in a 6-4 loss at Calgary (Dec. 31). He scored 1-3-4 to register single-game career-highs in both points and assists.

OF NOTE- Dwayne Roloson made 25 saves in the Oilers 3-2 win vs NY Islanders (Jan. 5) to register his 150th career NHL victory. Roloson, who earned his 60th win as an Oiler vs Dallas (W. 4-1, Jan. 3), has a career NHL record of 150-182-61 in 423 NHL games.- Dwayne Roloson played his 150th career Oilers game at Calgary (Dec. 31). He is 6th on Edmonton's career list for games played by a goaltender with 154.- Roloson started five consecutive games for the Oilers and was 3-1-1 from Dec. 17-28. Since November 15th, Roloson has appeared in 19 of 24 games, starting 17 of the games. He is 9-6-2 in the 17 starts and has allowed two-or-less goals in 12 of the 17 starts.- Mathieu Garon is one game shy of his 200th NHL game.- Jason Strudwick earned first star honours in the Oilers 3-2 win vs NY Islanders (Jan. 5), scoring his first career Oilers goal and registering a team-high +2. Strudwick and his fourth-line teammates - Kyle Brodziak & Zack Stortini - accounted for two of the Oilers goals in the win over the visiting Islanders. Down 2-0 after the first period, Brodziak put the Oilers on the scoreboard with his 7th goal at 10:50 of the second period and Strudwick tied the game at 13:58 with Stortini earning an assist. The trio combined to score 2-1-3 and were +6.- Shawn Horcoff scored two assists vs Dallas (Jan. 3) to register his 200th career Oilers/NHL assist. His second assist of the game on Dustin Penner's second period PPG, was the miletsone assist. Horcoff has scored points (2-5-7) in five of the Oilers last eight games (Dec. 26-Jan. 9) and had a three-game scoring streak (2-2-4; Dec. 26-30).- Horcoff's 200 assists places him 13th on the Oilers all-time list. He is the second Oiler to reach the 200-assists milestone this season joining Ales Hemsky, who reached the milestone at Colorado (Oct. 23).- Sheldon Souray scored the GWG in the Oilers 4-1 win vs Dallas (Jan. 3). The Oilers defenceman is 2nd on the team in GWG, behind Dustin Penner's team-leading four, with all three of his GWG coming in the last five Edmonton victories (Dec. 22-Jan. 5).- Erik Cole has scored points (4-3-7) in four of the last seven games (Dec. 28-Jan. 9). He scored a season-high 1-2-3 in a 5-2 win vs Nashville (Dec. 28) for his first multiple point game of the season and then netted 1-1-2 in a 6-4 loss at Calgary (Dec. 31) and extended his scoring streak to two games with a goal vs Dallas (Jan. 3).- Sam Gagner has scored points (1-5-6) in three of the last seven games (Dec. 28-Jan. 9), registerng multiple point games in each game. He scored 1-1-2 vs Nashville (Dec. 28) and had two assists at Calgary (Dec. 31) and vs Dallas (Jan. 3).- Dustin Penner netted his 10th goal of the season in the 4-1 win vs Dallas on Jan. 3rd, giving the Oilers five players with 10-or-more goals this season. Sheldon Souray and Andrew Cogliano lead the Oilers with 12 goals, while Ales Hemsky, Shawn Horcoff and Penner each have 10 goals.- Andrew Cogliano has a career-high four-game scoring streak in progress with 2-2-4 from Jan. 3-9. He scored goals in back-to-back games (Jan. 3-5), netting the GWG vs NY Islanders (Jan. 5), and then added assists vs Vancouver (Jan. 7) and vs San Jose (Jan. 9). Cogliano's current streak equals his career-best when he scored 3-3-6 from Feb. 24-Mar. 2, 2008. - Ales Hemsky scored his 300th career point with two PPA in the Oilers 3-2 win at Vancouver on Dec. 26. Hemsky's second assist of the game came on Sheldon Souray's GWG and gives him 80-220-300 in 382 career games. He is the 15th player in Oilers history to score 300-or-more career points.- Ales Hemsky is tied for 14th in NHL powerplay scoring with 2-17-19. His 17 PPA are 5th in the NHL. Hemsky has been involved in 19 of the Oilers 34 PPG (55.9%) this season.- Zack Stortini registered his 400th career NHL PIM with a season-high 15 PIM vs Dallas (Jan. 3). The 15 PIM also took him over the 100 PIM mark for the season, marking the third consecutive season he has registered 100-or-more PIM.

THE HOME FRONT- The Oilers are 8-8-3 in 19 games at Rexall Place this season.- After playing an NHL leading 18 road games in their first 26 games of the season the Oilers will play 19 of 24 games between Dec. 11 and Feb. 3 at Rexall Place.- Edmonton is 5-4-1 after the first 10 home games of that stretch (5-4-1; Dec. 11-Jan. 7).- The Oilers will play nine of 12 games at Rexall Place in January before beginning their February schedule with two home games.- During that span of 55 days, the Oilers will have a season-high six game homestand (Jan. 18-Feb. 3), a five game homestand (Jan. 3-11), a three game homestand (Dec. 11-16) and two, two-game homestands (Dec. 19-22) and Dec. 28-30).

- Tonight's game is the second of four meetings between the Oilers and Blues this season and the first of two visits to Edmonton by St. Louis.- Edmonton's leads the 2008-09 seasonal series 1-0-0 following a 4-2 afternoon win at St. Louis on Nov. 29th.- The Oilers return to the Scottrade Center on Feb. 5th and host the Blues at Rexall Place on Mar. 17th.- Edmonton won the 2007-08 seasonal series with the Blues 3-1-0 and outscored St. Louis 15-13.- All four games between the Oilers and Blues were decided by a single goal, with three of the four games going to overtime and one needing a shootout to decide the winner.- Edmonton won both games played in St. Louis, defeating the Blues 5-4 in a shootout on Dec. 11/07 and 3-2 in overtime on Jan. 2/08.- Edmonton is 4-3-0 in seven games at St. Louis since 2005-06.- The Oilers were 1-1-0 in two games played at Rexall Place last season, winning 4-3 in overtime on Mar. 11/08 and losing 4-3 on Dec. 3/07.- Edmonton is 45-42-11-3 in 101 games versus St. Louis since 1979-80 and the Oilers are 25-19-4-2 at home and 20-23-7-1 on the road.

LAST GAME: January 9 vs San Jose (L. 4-1)Patrick Marleau scored twice and Devon Setoguchi netted a goal and two assists to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-1 win over the Oilers. The loss was the second in a row for the Oilers (0-2-0; Jan. 7-9) and evens Edmonton's record on their five-game homestand at 2-2-0. Setoguchi opened the scoring with a PPG at 7:54, netting the first goal of the game only seven seconds after Steve Staios was sent to the penalty box for slashing. Denis Grebeshkov tied the score with a PPG of his own, tallying his third goal of the season at 11:15. Andrew Cogliano and Lubomir Visnovsy earned assists on the Oilers lone goal of the game. Coglaino's assist extended his scoring streak to a career-high four games (2-2-4; Jan. 3-9). Brad Stabuitz would put the Sharks up 2-1 with is first career NHL goal at 14:16 and Marleau made it 3-1 with his first goal of the game at 19:24. Mathieu Garon replaced Dwayne Roloson in the Oilers goal to start the second period and allowed only Marleau's second period PPG.PPG: 1-6 PK: 2-4 SHF: 26 SHA: 31 PIM: 20 OPP PIM: 24

Edmonton Oilers Injuries, Transactions

Total Man-Games Lost: 120

INJURY UPDATE- The Oilers have had a total of 12 players miss 120 games due to injury or illness in 2008-09.- A total of 16 players missed an Edmonton team record 346 man games due to injury or illness in 2007-08.

OILERS HOST BLUES IN FINAL GAME OF HOMESTAND- The Edmonton Oilers (19-18-3) host the St. Louis Blues (16-21-3) tonight at Rexall Place in the fifth and final game of a five-game homestand.- The Oilers are 2-2-0 on the homestand following a 4-1 win vs Dallas (Jan. 3), a 3-2 win vs NY Islanders (Jan. 5), a 4-2 loss vs Vancouver (Jan. 7) and a 4-1 loss vs San Jose (Jan. 9).- Edmonton is 4-3-0 in its last seven home games (Dec. 22-Jan. 9).- Following tonight's game with St. Louis, the Oilers will return to the road for three games at Washington (Jan. 13), Minnesota (Jan. 15) and Colorado (Jan. 16).- Edmonton will return home following the road trip to host Phoenix (Jan. 18) and Columbus (Jan. 20) in a two-game homestand prior to the NHL All-Star break.- Edmonton enters tonight's game with a two-game losing streak (0-2-0; Jan. 7-9). The two-game losing streak at Rexall Place is the longest of thes eason for the Oilers at home, matching a previous streak that saw them compile a 0-2-0 mark from Nov. 20-26.- The 4-2 loss vs Vancouver (Jan. 7) ended the Oilers two-game winning streak (2-0-0; Jan. 3-5). The streak was tied for the longest of the season at Rexall Place. It was the third time this season that the Oilers won two consecutive games on home ice (2-0-0, Oct. 12-18, Dec. 22-28 and Jan. 3-5).- Tonight's game is the seventh home games in an eight-game stretch for the Oilers between Dec. 28th and Jan. 11th. The Oilers are 3-3-0 after the first six games (Dec. 28-Jan. 9) of the seven home games.- The Oilers had a three-game winning streak ended with a 3-2 loss vs Ottawa (Dec. 30).- Edmonton was 3-0-0 from Dec. 22-26 as the Oilers put together wins vs Phoenix (W. 4-2, Dec. 22), at Vancouver (W. 3-2, Dec. 26) and vs Nashville (5-2, Dec. 28).- The three-game winning streak fell one game shy of the team's season-high. Edmonton opened the season with a four-game winning streak, going 4-0-0 from Oct. 12-18.- The Oilers are 9-7-1 in their last 17 games (Dec. 3-Jan. 9) and 10-8-1 in their last 19 games (Nov. 29-Jan. 9).

EDMONTON VS ST. LOUISTODAY: 2nd of 4 meetings and 1st of 2 at Edmonton

- Tonight's game is the second of four meetings between the Oilers and Blues this season and the first of two visits to Edmonton by St. Louis.- Edmonton's leads the 2008-09 seasonal series 1-0-0 following a 4-2 afternoon win at St. Louis on Nov. 29th.- The Oilers return to the Scottrade Center on Feb. 5th and host the Blues at Rexall Place on Mar. 17th.- Edmonton won the 2007-08 seasonal series with the Blues 3-1-0 and outscored St. Louis 15-13.- All four games between the Oilers and Blues were decided by a single goal, with three of the four games going to overtime and one needing a shootout to decide the winner.- Edmonton won both games played in St. Louis, defeating the Blues 5-4 in a shootout on Dec. 11/07 and 3-2 in overtime on Jan. 2/08.- Edmonton is 4-3-0 in seven games at St. Louis since 2005-06.- The Oilers were 1-1-0 in two games played at Rexall Place last season, winning 4-3 in overtime on Mar. 11/08 and losing 4-3 on Dec. 3/07.- Edmonton is 45-42-11-3 in 101 games versus St. Louis since 1979-80 and the Oilers are 25-19-4-2 at home and 20-23-7-1 on the road.

A CASE FOR THE DEFENCE- Four of the Oilers top eight scorers are defencemen. Sheldon Souray leads the way with 12-17-29 in 39 games to rank him 2nd on the Oilers scoring list and he leads the team with his 12 goals and 7 PPG. Souray is 6th in scoring among NHL defencemen, while he is tied for 2nd in goals and 2nd in PPG.- Souray, who was named to the Western Conference All-Star Team on Jan. 7th, is joined by Lubomir Visnovksy (4th on Oilers & 16th in the NHL) with 6-19-25, Tom Gilbert (2-16-18) and Denis Grebeshkov (3-14-17).- Souray had a career-high three-game goal scoring streak ended in the Oilers 3-2 loss vs Ottawa (Dec. 30). He scored 3-0-3 from Dec. 22-28. He has scored the GWG in three of the Oilers last five wins (Dec. 22-Jan. 5), netting back-to-back game winners vs Phoenix (Dec. 22) and at Vancouver (Dec. 26) and also vs Dallas (Jan. 3).- Visnovsky leads the Oilers with nine multiple point games, registering his ninth with two assist vs Nashville (Dec. 28). He registered three consecutive multiple point games from Dec. 22-28.- Visnovsky had a four game scoring streak (0-7-7; Dec. 19-28) ended in a 3-2 loss vs Ottawa (Dec. 30), but returned to the scoresheet with a goal at Calgary (Dec. 31) and an assist vs Dallas (Jan. 3). He has scored points (1-9-10) in seven of Edmonton's last 10 games (Dec. 19-Jan. 9).- Visnovsky's first assist vs Nashivlle (Dec. 28) was his 300th career NHL point.- Grebeshkov was involved in all four of the Oilers goals in a 6-4 loss at Calgary (Dec. 31). He scored 1-3-4 to register single-game career-highs in both points and assists.

OF NOTE- Dwayne Roloson made 25 saves in the Oilers 3-2 win vs NY Islanders (Jan. 5) to register his 150th career NHL victory. Roloson, who earned his 60th win as an Oiler vs Dallas (W. 4-1, Jan. 3), has a career NHL record of 150-182-61 in 423 NHL games.- Dwayne Roloson played his 150th career Oilers game at Calgary (Dec. 31). He is 6th on Edmonton's career list for games played by a goaltender with 154.- Roloson started five consecutive games for the Oilers and was 3-1-1 from Dec. 17-28. Since November 15th, Roloson has appeared in 19 of 24 games, starting 17 of the games. He is 9-6-2 in the 17 starts and has allowed two-or-less goals in 12 of the 17 starts.- Mathieu Garon is one game shy of his 200th NHL game.- Jason Strudwick earned first star honours in the Oilers 3-2 win vs NY Islanders (Jan. 5), scoring his first career Oilers goal and registering a team-high +2. Strudwick and his fourth-line teammates - Kyle Brodziak & Zack Stortini - accounted for two of the Oilers goals in the win over the visiting Islanders. Down 2-0 after the first period, Brodziak put the Oilers on the scoreboard with his 7th goal at 10:50 of the second period and Strudwick tied the game at 13:58 with Stortini earning an assist. The trio combined to score 2-1-3 and were +6.- Shawn Horcoff scored two assists vs Dallas (Jan. 3) to register his 200th career Oilers/NHL assist. His second assist of the game on Dustin Penner's second period PPG, was the miletsone assist. Horcoff has scored points (2-5-7) in five of the Oilers last eight games (Dec. 26-Jan. 9) and had a three-game scoring streak (2-2-4; Dec. 26-30).- Horcoff's 200 assists places him 13th on the Oilers all-time list. He is the second Oiler to reach the 200-assists milestone this season joining Ales Hemsky, who reached the milestone at Colorado (Oct. 23).- Sheldon Souray scored the GWG in the Oilers 4-1 win vs Dallas (Jan. 3). The Oilers defenceman is 2nd on the team in GWG, behind Dustin Penner's team-leading four, with all three of his GWG coming in the last five Edmonton victories (Dec. 22-Jan. 5).- Erik Cole has scored points (4-3-7) in four of the last seven games (Dec. 28-Jan. 9). He scored a season-high 1-2-3 in a 5-2 win vs Nashville (Dec. 28) for his first multiple point game of the season and then netted 1-1-2 in a 6-4 loss at Calgary (Dec. 31) and extended his scoring streak to two games with a goal vs Dallas (Jan. 3).- Sam Gagner has scored points (1-5-6) in three of the last seven games (Dec. 28-Jan. 9), registerng multiple point games in each game. He scored 1-1-2 vs Nashville (Dec. 28) and had two assists at Calgary (Dec. 31) and vs Dallas (Jan. 3).- Dustin Penner netted his 10th goal of the season in the 4-1 win vs Dallas on Jan. 3rd, giving the Oilers five players with 10-or-more goals this season. Sheldon Souray and Andrew Cogliano lead the Oilers with 12 goals, while Ales Hemsky, Shawn Horcoff and Penner each have 10 goals.- Andrew Cogliano has a career-high four-game scoring streak in progress with 2-2-4 from Jan. 3-9. He scored goals in back-to-back games (Jan. 3-5), netting the GWG vs NY Islanders (Jan. 5), and then added assists vs Vancouver (Jan. 7) and vs San Jose (Jan. 9). Cogliano's current streak equals his career-best when he scored 3-3-6 from Feb. 24-Mar. 2, 2008. - Ales Hemsky scored his 300th career point with two PPA in the Oilers 3-2 win at Vancouver on Dec. 26. Hemsky's second assist of the game came on Sheldon Souray's GWG and gives him 80-220-300 in 382 career games. He is the 15th player in Oilers history to score 300-or-more career points.- Ales Hemsky is tied for 14th in NHL powerplay scoring with 2-17-19. His 17 PPA are 5th in the NHL. Hemsky has been involved in 19 of the Oilers 34 PPG (55.9%) this season.- Zack Stortini registered his 400th career NHL PIM with a season-high 15 PIM vs Dallas (Jan. 3). The 15 PIM also took him over the 100 PIM mark for the season, marking the third consecutive season he has registered 100-or-more PIM.

THE HOME FRONT- The Oilers are 8-8-3 in 19 games at Rexall Place this season.- After playing an NHL leading 18 road games in their first 26 games of the season the Oilers will play 19 of 24 games between Dec. 11 and Feb. 3 at Rexall Place.- Edmonton is 5-4-1 after the first 10 home games of that stretch (5-4-1; Dec. 11-Jan. 7).- The Oilers will play nine of 12 games at Rexall Place in January before beginning their February schedule with two home games.- During that span of 55 days, the Oilers will have a season-high six game homestand (Jan. 18-Feb. 3), a five game homestand (Jan. 3-11), a three game homestand (Dec. 11-16) and two, two-game homestands (Dec. 19-22) and Dec. 28-30).

OILERS RECORD AFTER 41 GAMES IN 2007-08: 17-20-4 (38 Points)OILERS ALL-TIME RECORD ON JANUARY 11 (W-L-T-OL): 6-6-2-0ROAD REPORT- The Oilers are 11-10-0 on the road this season.- Edmonton's 11 road wins are tied for fourth place in the NHL. Boston leads the NHL with 15 road wins and is followed by Detroit (13)and San Jose (12).- Edmonton played 18 of its first 26 games on the road this season between Oct. 15 and Dec. 6.

HEMSKY HOLDS HOT HAND- Ales Hemsky enters tonight's game as the Oilers leading scorer with 10-25-35 in 34 games. Hemsky leads the Oilers in assists and is tied for third in goals. He is among the NHL leaders in several categories.- The Edmonton assistant captain is among the NHL leaders in powerplay assists (5th with 17), is tied for 14th place in powerplay scoring with 2-17-19 and is tied for 5th with two shootout deciding goals.- Ales Hemsky scored his 300th career point with two PPA in the Oilers 3-2 win at Vancouver on Dec. 26. Hemsky's second assist of the game came on Sheldon Souray's GWG and gives him 80-220-300 in 383 career games. He is the 15th player in Oilers history to score 300-or-more career points.- The multiple point game was Hemsky's 8th of the season, one less than Lubomir Visnovksy, who leads the Oilers with nine.- Hemsky was held scoreless for only the ninth time this season in the Oilers 5-2 win vs Nashville (Dec. 28).- Hemsky had career-high eight game scoring streak (3-7-11; Nov. 18-Dec. 6) ended in the Oilers 2-0 loss vs Florida (Dec. 11). The streak is the longest of the season by an Oiler and is tied for the 10th longest streak in the NHL.- The Oilers assistant captain has scored points (10-19-29) in 20 of the last 26 games (Oct. 30-Dec. 28) and points (10-21-31) in 22 of the last 29 games (Oct. 23-Dec. 28).- Hemsky has scored 7-17-24 in 20 road games this season.- Hemsky scored the deciding goal in the shootout win at Los Angeles (Dec. 5). He is now 2-3 in shootouts this season with both goals being the deciding goal (Nov. 10 at NYR & Dec. 5 at Los Angeles).- Hemsky now has an Oilers team record six shootout deciding goals.

HORCOFF PLAYS 500TH CAREER OILERS/NHL GAME- Shawn Horcoff became the 18th player in Oilers history to play 500-or-more games with Edmonton when he skated vs Detroit on November 20th.- Horcoff is in his 8th season with the Oilers since joining Edmonton in 2000-01 & is 18th on Edmonton's all-time list.- Oilers captain Ethan Moreau played in his 533rd career Oilers game vs Nashville (Dec. 28/08) to move past Paul Coffey into 15th place on Edmonton's all-time list.- Steve Staios is also nearing the 500 game milestone. The Oilers defenceman is currently 20th on Edmonton's all-time list with 491 games to move past Georges Laraque for 20th place.- Once Staios reaches the milestone, there will be three Oilers with 500-or-more games on the roster as team captain Ethan Moreau became the 17th player in team history to play 500-plus games on Feb. 24, 2007 vs Colorado.

HORCOFF & HEMSKY CLIMBING OILERS SCORING LADDERShawn Horcoff and Ales Hemsky are 14th and 15th, respectively, on the Oilers all-time scoring list. Horcoff became the 14th player in Oilers history to score 300-or-more career points as an Oiler with 1-2-3 at St. Louis (Nov. 29). The goal, his third point of the game, was Horcoff's 300th point. He has scored 113-201-314 in 520 career games with Edmonton and leapfrogged past Dave Hunter into 14th place on the team's all-time list with 1-1-2 in the Oilers 3-1 win at Carolina (Nov. 1). Hemsky also moved past Hunter into 15th place on the list with 1-1-2 vs Dallas (Dec 3) and became the 15th player in Oilers hitsory to score 300-or-more points with two PPA at Vancouver (Dec. 26).

PENNER'S CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED STREAK ENDS AT 180 GAMESOilers right winger Dustin Penner had his consecutive games played streak come to an end when he was a healthy scratch in Edmonton's 3-2 shootout loss vs Colorado on Nov. 15. Penner, extended the streak to 180 games by playing in the season's first 16 games (Oct. 12-Nov. 13). Now in his second season with the Oilers, Penner played all 82 with Edmonton in 2007-08 and the complete 2006-07 regular season schedule with Anaheim.

SPECIAL TEAMS2008-09- The Oilers have scored a PPG in 27 of their 40 games (67.5%) in 2008-09.- The Oilers have allowed a PPG in 27 of their 40 games (67.5%) in 2008-09.2007-08- The Oilers scored a PPG in 44 of 82 games (53.7%) in 2007-08.- The Oilers allowed a PPG in 45 of 82 games (54.9%) in 2007-08.

OILERS RECORD WHEN

Scoring 0 PPG

5-7-1

Allowing 0 PPG

10-3-0

Scoring 1 PPG

9-10-2

Allowing 1 PPG

6-8-3

Scoring 2 PPG

4-1-0

Allowing 2 PPG

2-2-0

Scoring 3 PPG

1-0-0

Allowing 3 PPG

1-3-0

Scoring 4 PPG

0-0-0

Allowing 4 PPG

0-2-0

Scoring 5 or more PPG

0-0-0

Allowing 5 or more PPG

0-0-0

Most PPG

3; Oct. 17 at Calgary (3-6)

Most PPGA

4; 2x, Last-Dec. 16 vs CHI (4-5)

Most PP Attempts

10; Dec. 19 vs ANA (1-10)

Most PP Attempts Against

7; 2x, Last - Nov. 18 at CBJ (1-7)

Fewest PP Attempts

1; Dec. 30 vs OTT (0-1)

Fewest PP Attempts Against

1; 2x,Last - Dec. 28 vs NSH (0-1)

BACK-TO-BACK GAMES- Edmonton plays back-to-back games 16 times during the 2008-09 season. The Oilers are 5-5-0 in the first game and 5-5-0 in the second game.- Over the last seven seasons (2001-02 to 2008-09) the Oilers have played back-to-back games 85 times and are 37-32-6-10 in the first game and 35-36-10-4 in the second game.- Edmonton's 16 pairs of back-to-back games is tied for the ninth most in the NHL in 2008-09. Columbus has the most back-to-back games in the NHL with 20, while St. Louis is second with 19. Colorado plays the fewest with eight back-to-back games.

OVERTIME2008-09: Edmonton is 3-3 (.500) in 6 overtime games this season. The Oilers are 0-3 (.000) at home and 3-0 (1.000) on the road.2007-08: Edmonton played an NHL leading 25 overtime games and finished with a 19-6 (.760) record. The Oilers were 9-1 (.900) at home and 10-5 (.667) on the road. Only six of the Oilers 25 overtime games were decided in the five-minute OT period as Edmonton had an NHL leading 19 shootout games.

SHOOTOUTS2008-09: Edmonton is 2-2 (.500) in shootouts; 0-2 (.000) at home and 2-0 (1.000) on the road.2007-08: Edmonton played an NHL-leading 19 shootouts and were 15-4 (.789); 8-1 (.889) at home and 7-3 (.700) on the road.ALL-TIME: Since the NHL adopted the shootout in 2005-06, the Oilers have an all-time shootout record of 27-18 (.600) in 45 shootouts. They are 13-8 (.619) at home and 14-10 (.583) on the road.

AFTERNOON GAMES- The Oilers are 3-0-0 in afternoon games in 2008-09 following a 3-1 win at Carolina (Nov. 1), a 5-4 win at Philadelphia (Nov. 2) and a 4-2 win at St. Louis (Nov. 29).- The Oilers play eight afternoon games in 2008-09, one at home and seven on the road.- The Oilers were 3-0-0 in afternoon games in 2007-08, going 1-0-0 at home and 2-0-0 on the road.- Edmonton's all-time record in 98 afternoon games is 39-48-10-1 (.454). The Oilers are 9-11-3-0 (.457) in 23 home afternoon games and 30-37-7-1 (.453) in 75 road afternoong games.- PLEASE SEE PAGE 167 OF THE 2008-09 OILERS MEDIA GUIDE FOR A SEASON-BY-SEASON BREAKDOWND OF THE OILERS RECORD IN AFTERNOON GAMES.

THIRD JERSEY- The Oilers are 2-3-2 (.429) when wearing their third jersey in 2008-09.- Edmonton will wear their third jersey 14 times during the season, with all 14 games coming at Rexall Place.- Edmonton's third jersey is a replica of the Oilers jersey from its first season in the NHL (1979-80).- A unique feature to the 14 games will be that the third jersey will be complemented by gloves, helmets, pants and socks to recreate the full effect of the Oilers uniform look of the 1980's and early 1990's.- Following is the list of dates that the Oilers will wear their third jersey in 2008-09: Oct. 12 vs Colorado (W. 3-2), Oct. 27 vs Boston (L. 1-0 OT), Nov. 13 vs Toronto (L. 5-2), Nov. 20 vs Detroit (L. 4-3), Dec. 16 vs Chicago (L. 9-2), Dec. 19 vs Anaheim (L. 3-2 SO), Jan. 3 vs Dallas (W. 4-1), Jan. 18 vs Phoenix (Glenn Anderson Jersey Retirment Nighty), Feb. 3 vs Chicago, Feb. 11 vs Montreal, Feb. 21 vs Calgary, Mar. 14 vs Colorado, Mar. 24 vs Detroit and Apr. 4 vs Vancouver.- The Oilers did not wear a third jersey during the 2008-09 season but did so in 2006-07 when they were 6-4-1 in 11 games.- The Oilers first introduced a third jersey for the 2001-02 season and have an all-time record of 34-21-6-8 (W-L-T-OL) in 69 games, including a 27-17-3-6 mark at Rexall Place.

ATTENDANCE- Edmonton has a consecutive regular season sellout streak of 133 games.- The streak, which began on Nov. 29, 2005, includes the final 32 games of 2005-06 (Nov 29/05 to Apr. 17/06) and all 41 games of the 2006-07 (Oct. 5/06-Mar. 24/07) and 2007-08 (Oct. 4/07 to Apr. 1/08) seasons and the first 19 games of 2008-09 (Oct. 12/08-Jan. 9/09).- Edmonton has sold out 141 of its 142 (99.3%) regular season games over the past four seasons (2005-06 to 2008-09).- The capacity of Rexall Place is 16,839.